Continuity of Care Document

CCD

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A standardized HL7 CDA XML document used to exchange patient health summaries across EHR systems during care transitions. Data engineers ingest CCD files to populate longitudinal patient records, support interoperability pipelines, and enable clinical data reconciliation across disparate health systems.

Standard Abbreviation

CCD

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  ccd VARCHAR(100),  -- Continuity of Care Document (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  ccd as continuity_of_care_document
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
ccd

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  ccd          VARCHAR(100),  -- Continuity of Care Document (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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